MANAGER
Total Donated
$149,481,875
Contributions
571,509
Unique Donors
25,679
Donors who listed MANAGER as occupation account for $149,481,875 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov index. The total sits on 571,509 contributions from 25,679 donor records. MANAGER is one of the least specific titles in the file: it names a function, not a sector, license, or seniority band. In compact form that dollar total is $149.5 million in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data.
Key figures
- MANAGER occupation itemizations sum to $149,481,875 from 571,509 contributions and 25,679 donors.
- Repeat itemizing is about 22 contributions per donor record; mean line size is about $262.
- MANAGING DIRECTOR is a separate FEC occupation key.
- The title is self-reported and does not identify sector or seniority.
Frequency first, then dollars
571,509 itemizations from 25,679 donors is about 22 contributions per donor record, a high repeat rate. $149,481,875 divided by lines is about $262 per contribution. Divided by donors, the mean is about $5,821 per donor record. The bucket behaves like other high-frequency professional labels more than like low-volume C-suite keys.
General manager, project manager, and office manager may all collapse to MANAGER after normalization, or they may remain separate strings. This overlay only certifies the MANAGER key’s three facts. Longer titles that did not normalize here are elsewhere.
Because the word is common, the 25,679 donor records mix workplaces. The occupation field does not encode whether the manager supervises two people or two hundred.
Self-reporting and best efforts
Committees must use best efforts to obtain occupation. Donors often pick a short word that fits the box. MANAGER is that kind of word. It is not an HR job code. A donor who later listed DIRECTOR or EXECUTIVE on another gift will split across pages by transaction.
MANAGING DIRECTOR is a different occupation page with different facts. Do not fold it into $149,481,875. The extra word changes the key.
Full analysis: MANAGER occupation giving in FEC itemizations →
Questions
- How much have MANAGER donors given according to the FEC?
- Occupation MANAGER is attached to $149,481,875 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, across 571,509 contributions and 25,679 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a count of all U.S. managers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
- Is MANAGING DIRECTOR included in MANAGER?
- No. MANAGING DIRECTOR is a separate occupation string. This page covers MANAGER only: $149,481,875, 571,509 contributions, and 25,679 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
- Why are there so many manager itemizations?
- 571,509 contributions from 25,679 donors implies about 22 itemizations per donor record. Repeat giving and multiple recipient committees both raise line counts. The packet does not split those causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.
- Can I tell what managers manage from this total?
- No. MANAGER is free text. It does not encode industry, team size, or employer. Employer and industry fields, when used, are separate filters. The matching contribution count is 571,509 and the matching donor-record count is 25,679. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.
Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.